NOTE the early UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier start time. UFC 242 main card start time: 2 p.m. PT on ESPN+ Pay-Per-View UFC 242 prelims start time: 12 p.m. (Noon) ET / 9 a.m. UFC flyweights Joanne Calderwood and Andrea Lee headline the prelims on FX at 12pm ET. Watch Poirier and Khabib Unify The Lightweight Belt at UFC 242 Catch Up On All The Embedded Episodes Don.

ANAHEIM, California — The preliminary fights for UFC 242 on Sept. 7 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, will begin much earlier than usual. But they can be found on a familiar network. Because of a conflict with the first major weekend of college football on ESPN and ESPN2, the network made the decision for this card only to put the prelims. Find the start time for UFC 242: Khabib vs Poirier in your region. Prelims re-air at 11pm/2am ETPT on ESPNEWS, PPV live playback airs at 10pm/7pm ETPT on ESPN+ Abu Dhabi. UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier presented by Modelo (Prelims) ESPN+. UFC.

THERE's a buzz around UFC 242 as MMA returns to the desert and the UAE.

Khabib Nurmagomedov and challenger Dustin Poirier are all set for a dust-up as they headline a packed card at the newly-built Arena in Abu Dhabi.

For a maximum of 25 minutes work in the Octagon, the 30-year-old champion will collect around £5.2million – a huge jump from the approximate £1.75m he made beating Conor McGregor.

When is UFC 242?

ABU DHABI is all set for fight night at the sparkling new Arena on Yas Island.

The huge event will be held on Saturday, September 7.

Bellator 242 Prelims

Khabib vs Poirier tops the bill on an evening where the lightweight's take centre-stage.

The main card will be a pay-per-view event in the UK, broadcast on BT Sport Box Office from 7pm BST.

It will cost £19.95 to watch the main event – head here to purchase.

How can I watch the Khabib vs Poirier prelims for free?

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BEFORE the main card, there's a packed selection of prelims to enjoy from the UAE.

Coverage of these will begin on BT Sport 2 from 5pm BST.

BT customers can watch wherever they are on the BT Sport app or by logging into the website player.

If you are an EE phone subscriber, you can sign up for a three-month FREE trial to BT Sport – simply text SPORT to 150.

This will allow you to watch on your phone, with casting available to your TV though the service.

UFC 242 full card

Ufc 242 Prelims Live

Main

• Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Dustin Poirier (lightweight)
• Edson Barboza vs Paul Felder (lightweight)
• Islam Makhachev vs Davi Ramos (lighweight)
• Curtis Blaydes vs Shamil Abdurakhimov (heavyweight)
• Mairbek Taisumov vs Carlos Diego Ferreira (lightweight)

Prelims

Ufc 242 Prelims

• Joanne Calderwood vs Andrea Lee (women's flyweight)
• Zubaira Tukhugoc vs Lerone Murphy (featherweight)
• Liana Jojua vs Sarah Moras (women's bantamweight)
• Ottman Azaitar vs Teemu Packalen (lightweight)

Ufc 242 Prelims Results

Early prelims

• Belal Muhammad vs Takashi Sato (welterweight)
• Nordine Taleb vs Muslim Salikhov (welterweight)
• Omari Akhmedov vs Zak Cummings (middleweight)
• Don Madge vs Fares Ziam (lightweight)

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